A.B. v. J.M.

Summary

The Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaiʻi dismissed J.M.'s appeal from a Family Court order denying a petition for the return of subject children. The court held that it lacked jurisdiction because no dissolution order had been entered and the challenged order was not independently appealable.

Holdings

1. The Intermediate Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction because the Family Court had not entered an order dissolving the marriage and the August 11, 2025 order was not independently appealable.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Intermediate Court of Appeals had jurisdiction over an appeal from the Family Court's order denying the petition for return of the subject children.
2. Whether the August 11, 2025 order was independently appealable under the collateral-order or Forgay doctrines, or appealable as an interlocutory order.

Disposition

dismissed